Coupon-ticket-printing machine and register.



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Patented Dec. 26, 1916 M. .I. HOFFMAN.

COUPON TICKET PRINTING MACHINE AND REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28 I916.

M. J. HOFFMAN.

COUPON TICKET PRINTING MACHINE AND REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28. 1916.

1,210,071. Patented Dec. 26,1916.

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COUPON TICKET PRINTING MACHINE AND REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED IUNEZB. I916.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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comprising the coat MORRIS J. HOFFMAN; or CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

COUPON -T1ICKET-PRIN' TING MACHINE AND REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 191s.

Application filed .Tune 28, 1916. Serial No. 106,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS J. HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coupon-Ticket- Printing Machines and Registers, of which the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to coupon-ticket printing machines and registers, and its principal object is toprovide an apparatus of simple, substantial and efficient construction for printing information on coupontickets such as-are used for keeping account of wages to be paid workmen for piece work-information such for instance as the prices to be paid the operatives for work on the mater al or materials to which the coupons have referenceand also to print the quantity or number of pieces or articles to which the coupon has reference, and in addition thereto to print the total value of the prices registered on the ticket, as well as the number of articles represented by the ticket.

It is well-known that with many classes of work, for instance the manufacture of garments, knitted wear, gloves, etc, a conpon-ticket is employed for keeping an account of the article orthe number of articles operated on as well as the prices to be paid the operatives for their respective work upon the article or articles. For instance in making 'a coat, a ticket, made up of a large number of detachable coupons, each one designating a certain operatives work upon the coat, is attached to the cloth and each operative, who performs work on the garment, tears off the coupon designated for him, retains it and turns it in at the end of the days work or at the end of certain predetermined intervals, and receives creditor pay for it.- On each coupon is written or printed the price to be paid to the particular operative for whom the coupon is designated. Whenever the articles are given to the workmen in lots as for instance in dozens or in fractions of dozens or multiples of ten, the price to be paid for the work as well as the quantity must be written on each coupon, and when there are as many as 25 to 50 coupons included in one ticket, it is an irksome and tedious task, as Well as one requiring great painstaking to Write or typewrite the prices amounts may be and partly and amounts on each of the coupons comprising the ticket.

he present invention has been devised to provide a machine by which the prices and printed on each coupon of the ticket with one operation of the machine, thus saving a great deal of time and labor, and obtaining absolute accuracy.

Another object is to provide a machine having means whereby the prices and quantity amounts may be readily and quickly changed to correspond with various predetermined prices and quantity amounts.

Other objects and advantages will readily appear in the following specification, and with all of the said objects and advantages in view, this invention consists in an apparatus having type carriers bearing characters arranged around their peripheries, said type carriers being arranged to print in two separate lines; the invention further consists in means for rotating said type carriers to present the desired characters at the printingposition; the invention further consists in an apparatus having type carriers arranged to print in at least two lines, combined with mechanism for printing the total amount printed by the type carriers at any given time upon a strip of paper; the invention further consists in' the various novel features of construction, and arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed. I

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawings accompanying this specification,in which Figure 1, is an end elevation of a couponticket printing machine and register, em bodying a simple form of the present invention; Fig. 2, is an end view thereof looking at the opposite end of the machine; Fig. 3, is a view partly in front elevation looking in the direction of the arrow 3, in Fig. 1, in vertical, longitudinal section showing the. interior construction of the machine; Fig. t, is a horizontal section of a fragment of a machine taken on'the line 44 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, is a vertical crosssection taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, is a side elevation of one pf the type wheels; Fig. 7, is a side elevation of another of the type wheels; Fig. 8, is a vertical,

wheel, and Fig. 9, is a a third form of type taken on the line 9-9 vertical cross-section of Fig. 8.

' longitudinal section through a fragment of the articles.

Referring to said drawings, 10, designates abase plate or table upon which are mounted the operating parts of the apparatus. Extending up from said base plate 10, are two frame members 11, 12, which in the preferred form of the invention are hinged to grou the letters, a, b, which are the base plate" as at 13, and locked thereto by a lock 14", (see Fig. 1). In the preferred form of the invention, the frame member 12, is cut away along the greater portion of its under side as seen in Fig. 2, to permit of the insertion of a coupon-ticket whose length is greater than the length of the machine. Guided to move vertically in said frame members 11, 12, is a casing 14, which contains the various type carriers and other parts of the device. In the preferred form of the invention, said casing is provided upon its end walls 15, with parallel sided lugs 16, that are slidably secured in guideways 17, formed on the inner faces of the frame members 11, 12. The lugs 16, rest upon coiled compression springs 18, which are confined in the guideways 17 and encircle pins 19, that are secured in the frame members 11, 12, and extend up into sockets 20, formed in the lugs 16; said springs act to yieldingly support the casing and parts contained therein, and means are employed for pressing down the casing and therewith the type carriers to print impressions upon the coupon-ticket and record strip, and said means is here shown to comprise a shaft 21, journaled in the upper ends of the frame members 11, 12, cams or eccentrics 22, mounted on said shaft and bearing against the upper side of the casing, and a handle 23, extending up from said eccentrics. The arrangement and shape of the eccentrics is such that when the handle 23, is pressed down, the major axes of the eccentricsswingdown toward the top of the casing, whereby the eccentrics force the casing and therewith the type carriers in a downward direction". The lower side of the 'casing is open as clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, and the type carriers protrude below said open end.

In the preferred form of the present invention there are groups of type carriers here shown in the form of type wheels, one for each coupon, there being three whee s, 24, 25 and 26, in each group of which the type wheels 24,v 25, have type characters disposed on their peripheriesv designating tens and units, which refer to the number of articles accompanying each ticket, .and the type wheels '26, have type disposed around their"'peripheries which designate the prices ,to be printed onthe coupons, or in other words the value of the operators. time for work done by him on p In the machine shown, there are two sets of type wheels, designated by duplicates of each other,. the one set being arranged on one clearly seen in Fig.

, wheels24, 25; Itis arrange said type spaced apart a suf- Thetype wheels 24, are rigidly secured i upon a lengthwise extending shaft 27, journaled in the end walls 15, of the casing; the

type wheels 25-, are fixedly secured upon a shaft 28, journaled in said end walls, and the type wheels 26, are fixedly secured a shaft 29, journaled in saidend walls. The type wheels of each group are placed side by side and close together in order that the type of each group may print upon a coupon which is only about one-half an inch in width, although of course this may be varied to suit different requirements, and the groups are placed contiguous to each other because the coupons are contiguous and spaced from each other by rows of perforations. The shaft 28, is placed below the shaft 27 and the shaft 29, is.placed below the shaft 28, and to one side thereof as 5, all three shafts being contained within the peripheries of the type also to be'noticed that the type wheel 25, is somewhat less in diameter than the type wheel 24, and that the type wheel 26, is of still less diameter than either of the type wheels 24, 25, but that the bottoms thereof lie in one and the same place. The type wheels 24, 25, may be in the form of rings or annular bands 30, 31,

.each connected with its shaft by a single- .spoke, numbered as the type wheel 26,

respectively 32, 33, wheremay comprise a disk, although it is preferred to notch the disk in radial directions for the reception .of removable type 34, as clearly indicated in Figs, 8 and 9. By providing the type wheels 24, 2 5, with single spokes, it is possible to wheels in alinement so that the type thereof print in a straight line, and it is also poss'ble to rotate all of the type wheels 24, in unison'without disturbing,

the locations of the type wheels 25, and vice versa; itis also possible to rotate both series of type wheels 24, 25, without ,disturbing the location of the type wheels 26, and vice versa; in other'words, the type wheels 24, of

the left hand set, as viewed inFiga 5, may be rotated to the right until the single spokes 32, thereof strike said type wheels 24, may also be rotated toward the left until the single spokes 32,

thereof strike the shaft 28, The type wheels upon the shaft 29, and

' cents; said type 25, may be moved toward the left from the position seen in Fig. 5, until thereof strike against the shaft 29.

The type wheels 26, are preferably provided with removable type 34, as above stated, and each type may have at least three type characters thereon, if

34, are placed in radially extending notches 85, formed in the type wheels 26, and securely held in. said notches by set screws 36, that are threaded in lugs 37, formed by making right angle notches in the peripheries of said type wheels 26, as clearly indicated in Fig. 8. By loosening any screw 36, the type held thereby may be removed from the type wheel and replaced by type bearing characters of other denominations.

Inking rolls 38, (see Fig. 5) are provided for inking the typeof the several type wheels of both sets, and said inking rolls may comprise ink pads saturated with ink and mounted upon shafts 39, journaled in the end walls 15, of the casing. Obviously other forms of inking mechanism may be applied to the type wheels in accordance with the common and well-known methods of inking type or producing impressions with the use of type.

A separate group of type wheels 24*, 25, 26 is rigidly mounted upon the shafts 27, 28, 29, respectively, and said type wheels are similar in all essentials totype wheels 24, 25, 26, except that the characters on the type wheels 24, 25*, characters on the type wheels 24, 25. That is to say, the total of any alined series of characters on the type wheels 24, 25, is represented by the characters in alinement therewith on the type Wheels 24 25. The characters on the type wheel 26 which represent the quantity or number of articles accompanylng the ticket, are the same as the characters in alinement therewith on the type wheels 26.

The shafts 27, 27; 28, 28; 29, 29, are arranged in pairs and are operatively connected together so that when one of said shafts 27, 27 or 28, 28, or 29, 29, is rotated or turned, the other one of the pair will be correspondingly turned. The simple means here shown, comprises pinions 40, mounted on said shafts 27, 28, 29, and the pinions of the corresponding shafts to rotate in unison are connected by rack bars 41, guided in brackets 42, mounted upon the adjacent end wall 15. Means are provided for reciprocating said racks, and as here shown said means may comprise type wheel adjusting members in, the form of hand wheels 43, 44, 45, rigidly mounted upon the ends of the shafts 27 28, 29, which in this instance project through the adjacent end wall; said hand wheels are preferably provided with the spokes 33, v

" type into printing moves in an upward, direction, thus represent the totals of the indicating characters which correspond with the type characters on the type carriers, and pointers 46, 47, 48, are secured to the end wall adjacent said hand wheels and assist in determining the locations of the type of the various type wheels, so that the user may turn said hand wheels and bring the desired position. v

The registering mechanism for recording the total value of the coupons printed upon, and the quantity or numbers of articles represented by the entire ticket, may comprise a strip of paper 50, wound around spools 51, 52, which are removably supported on shafts 53, 54, detachably secured in brackets 55, 56, extending up from the base plate or table 10.

The strip of paper and spools are located under the type Wheels 24 25 26, and receive impressions therefrom each time that the handle 23, is pressed down to bring the type into contact with the ticket. Coupled with the spool 51, is a ratchet wheel 57, which is engaged by a spring pressed pawl 58, carried by the casing; the pawl acts to partially turn the ratchet wheel 57, and therewith the spool 51, each time the casing winding up a small portion of the stripto leave a fresh space to be printed upon the next time the type wheels are depressed.

Adjacent the last of the groups of type wheels 24, 25, 26, the base or table is formed with a transversely extending shoulder or abutment place 59, which acts as a guide for aiding in positioning tickets under the type wheels, and a longitudinally extending shoulder 60, (see Fig. 5) is formed at the rear edge of the base plate, which acts as a guide for the long edge of the ticket. There is sufficient space, however, between the top of the shoulder portion 60, and the bottom of type wheels to permit the ticket to be pushed through the machine, which is important where a ticket having more than two rows of coupons is employed.

The type characters borne by the periplr cries of the type wheels 24, may comprise the Figs. 1 to 10 inclusive, and in addition thereto letters of the alphabet may be added if so desired. The characters borne by the type wheels 25, may comprise fractions of numerals or whole numbers arranged in consecutive order, and the characters borne by the type wheels 26, may be arbitrarilyprinting certain kinds of since the number of articles accompanied remains the same for that The prices contained on the type by each ticket ticket.

Wheels 26, vary, however, and are arbitrarily I fixed by the user of the machine; they reptens, but the type 34, of the type wheel 26,

resent the value or price for doing each ,elass are removable in case, it becomes necessary of work designated by each particular to change the amounts to correspond with coupoh. For instance, the wheels 24, 25, the values of the work done upon any parmay be set to print 9-6, indicating that ticular article. 7 there are 94; dozens of articles in the group To change the type on the wheel 26, the accompanied by a particular ticket, and lock 14 is unlocked, the frame members, the wheels 26, may be set so that the and therewith'the casing and type wheels predetermined price for performing each swung upward to expose the type wheels particular operation on the 9%- dozens of 26; any type thereof may now be removed articles is printed on each coupon. Each by loosening its screw 36, and replaced by row of type in the type wheels 26, prints "a difierent type; the screw 36, is then tightthe prices for performing work, and that ened against the type.

price is arbitrarily fixed in accordance with The total amounts printed on the record the value ofv the service performed by the strip when added together, should agree person doing the particular work desighated with the total cost of work performedon by a coupon. The type wheels 26, have sevthe articles for which tickets have been eral rows of type characters because there issued, and should also'indicate the total may be several grades or scales of prices, or number of articles. In this manner, a perthe prices are necessarily changed when diffeet account may-be kept of the cost of ferent kinds of articles are worked on. work performed on the articles.

In the operation of thegmachine, a coupon It is perfectly obvious that the device ticket is used which has coupons along its may be constructed with only one set of two side edges, separated by rows of perfotype carriers, and such a machine will serve rations and bearing certain. printed matter to print coupon tickets having a single row 93 indicating the class of work belonging to of coupons, or it may serve to print a each coupon. The coupons have spaces addouble row coupon ticket by printing one jacent certain printed dataas for instance row first and thereupon printing the other price and quantity arrangedin two. row.

. dle 23, is thereupon depressed which causes closed herein.

line long each row of oupons which More 01 less VillliltlOI} 0f the exact details 95 spaces register with the lowermost type of of construction is possible without departth t h l and in printing a ticket, ing from the spirit of this invention, and I the ticket is inserted from the front of the desire, therefore, I llm1t myself to t machine and moved up against the guide particular form of the invention shown and shoulders 59, 60, where it is positioned in described, but intend to polnt out in the place underneath th type wh ls. The b following claims all of the invention disa resulting downward movement of the cas- I (-lflllll 116W a s 130 Secure y ing and type wheels, the lowermost type of Lotte-1'8 the type wheels printing the several valu s 1. In a machine of the class described, and amounts upon the coupons at the proper series of rotatory type carriers arranged in places a d also upon the record strip. It groups. side by side, there being at least'two is understood that the type wheels should typo carriers in each group, and each havbe rotated occasionally to bring the-type ing type characters thereon, and the type which are used in printing into ontact with carriers of each series being in ahnement 11 the inking rolls so as to receive ink thereand eccentrically disposed with respect to from. In case it is desired to print a subthose of the other series, and means for insequent ticket, where the quantity or dependently bringing the type characters of amount of articles is the same, but that the each series into printing position in alinevalues have a different grade, the type ment with each other, wheels 26, are turned to bring the type 2. In a machine of the class described, thereof to correspond with the other grade series of rotatory type carriers having type into printing position. characters disposed on their peripheries, When the handle 23, is released the shafts one supporting each series of type springs 18, raise the casing and type wheels carriers, the one shaft being arranged ecto their uppermost position and at the same centric with respect to the other, and located time the pawl 58, turns the ratchet wheel within the periphery of the other series of 57, and therewith the spool 51, th'uswinding type carriers, and means for independently up a small partof the paper strip 50, to turning said type carriers of each series to leave a new space for the total amount bring the characters thereof into printing 12;

types to print upon at a subsequent operaposition in alinement with each other.

-tion of the press; 3. In; a-machine of the class "described, The type on the type wheels 24, 25, are adjacent groups of rotatory type carriers, not changeable since they simply represent each bearing type characters on its periphwhole numbers and fractions of units and cry, and there being three type arriers of each 1,210,071 5 difi'erin radii in each group, shafts carryriers to bring the type characters thereof ing sai type carriers, each shaft carrying into printing posltion, means for bringing type carriers having the same radii, two of saidshafts being in vertical alinement, and the third shaft being disposed at one side of said other shafts and below the same, and means for independently turning said shafts to bring certain type characters of all the type carriers into printing position with the type characters of two carriers of each group in alinement and the type characters of the third type carrier of each group in alinement, but in a line disposed to one side of the first mentioned line.

4. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of groups of rotatory type carriers, each type carrier bearing type characters on its periphery, shafts carrying said type carriers, the one shaft being eccentrically disposed with respect to the other, but contained type carriers carried by sald other shaft, means for turning said type carriers to present the type characters in printing position in at least two closely spaced separate lines, and means for pressing said type characters against an object to be printed upon.

5. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of contiguous groups of rotatory type carriers, each type carrier bearing type characters on its periphery, and at least one type carrier of each group being of less radius than another type carrier of said group, shafts, one for the type carriers having the same radii, all of said shafts being located within the periphery of the type carriers having the largest radius, and an indicating dial for each shaft whereby the type carriers may be adjusted to present the desired type characters in printing position;

In a machine of the class described, a plurality of contiguous groups of rotatory type carriers, each bearing type characters on its periphery,- there being at least three type'carriers in each group, and those of group havin at least three different radii, shafts, one or the type carriers having the same radii, two of said shafts being arranged in vertical alinement, and the third one disposed below and to one side of said other shafts, all of said shafts being contained within the periphery of the ty e carriers having the largest radius, all of tile type carriers being arranged to print upon a flat surface, and means for adjusting said type carriers to bring the desired characters thereof into printing position in at least two closely spaced lines.

In a machine of the class described, the combination of contiguous groups of rotatory type carriers, the type carriers of each group being arranged to print in two closely spaced lines, the distance between said lines being less than the radius of any of the type carriers, means for adjusting said type carwithin the periphery of the springs for, retracting said casing,

- said casing,

, shaped openings the type characters into contact with the object to be printed upon, and means for,

raising the type carriers therefrom.

8., In a machine of the class described, the combination of a base plate, frame members hingedly secured thereto, a casing slidably mounted'in said frame members,means for moving said casing toward and away from the base plate, rotatively mounted type carriers contained in said casing, said type carriers having type characters on their peripheries, and being arranged in contiguous groups arranged to print in two closely spaced lines, the distance between said lines being less than the radius of any of*said type carriers, each type carrier of each group being operatively connected with a corresponding type carrier of the other groups, whereby they rotate in unison, and means for adjusting said type carriers to bring the characters thereof into printing position.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a base plate, frame members extending up therefrom, a casingi slidably mounted in said frame members, means for moving said casing toward the base plate,

a pluralof' type carriers rotatively mounted in said type'carriers having type characters disposed on their peripheries and being arranged in contiguous groups, those of each group having at least three different radii, shafts for said type carriers located within the peripheries of the type carriers having the greatest radii, and means for bringingthe type characters of said type carriers into printing position in at least two closely spaced lines.

10. In a machine of the combination'of two carriers placed side by side, each set consisting of contiguous groups of type carriers, all of said type carriers having type characters disposed around their peripheries, each group of type carriers comprising at least two eccentrically disposed type carriers, one of less radius than the other and both arranged to print on a flat surface, shafts for the type carriers of each series, the shafts of the corresponding type carriers of both series being geared to rotate in unison and setting mechanism for said type cu rriers.

11. In a machine of the class described,

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theclass described, sets of rotatory type at least two eccentrically disposed series of rotatory type carriers arranged in adjacent groups and having type characters disposed around their peripheries, one series of type carriers being of less radius than the other, and having a shaft extending through arc in the other series, whereby any of the type characters of one series and any of the other series may stand in the same plane, and setting mechanism for said type carriers.

12. In a machine of the disposed type wheels rality of eccentrically characters dis of different radii haying type posed on, their peripheries and arranged to print in two closely spaced lines in a single plane, the axes of rotation of said type Wheels being located within the periphery of type wheel having the longest radius, a

casing supporting said type characters, a

base upon which said casing is mounted,,

a different radius than the others, and \the axes of rotation of all'being confined within the type carriers the periphery of the one having the longest radius, all having type characters disposed around their peripheries any of which may be brought into printing position, and set.- ting mechanism for said type carriers.

14. In a machine of the class described, 'a plurality of adjacent groups of rotatory, circular type carriers, each group comprising at least two type carriers having different radii, all having type characters disposed around their peripheries, any of which may bebrought into printing position, shafts for the type carriers having the same radii, being fixedly secured to said shafts, v and the shafts being located within the peripheries of the type carriers having the longest radii, a support for said shafts, and setting mechanism for said type carriers.

15. In a machine of the class described,

a plurality of series of rotatory type carriers arranged in groups side. by side, there being at least two type carriers in each group and each having type characters thereon, the

type carriers of each series being co-axial class described, a group of type carriers, comprising a plutype carrier having and eccentrically disposed with respect to those of the other serles,

and setting means for each series operating independently of the others. a

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination of two sets of rotatory type carriers placed side by side, each set consisting of series of typecarriers arranged In adjacent groups, all of the type carriers having type characters disposed around their peripheries, each group of type carriers comprising at least. two eccentrically disposed type carriers, shafts, one for each series of type carriers, operative connections between the corresponding shafts of each set and-setting mechanism for each series of one set, operating in conjunction with said operative connections to set the corresponding type carriers of any .two corresponding series.

17. In a machine of the class described, series of rotatory type carriers arranged in groups, side by side, there being at least two type carriers in each group and each having type characters thereon, eccentrically disposed shafts, one for the type carriers of each series the ty e carriers being secured to their shafts, whereby they move in unison, and setting means for each series of type carriers located at one end of themachine whereby all the type carriers of any series may be manipulated simultaneously from one end of the machine to bring characters thereon into printing position.

18. In a machine of the class described,

series of rotatory type carriers arranged 111V 'groups side by side,

there being at least two type carriers in each group and each type carrier having type characters thereon, cc-

centrically disposed, closely spaced shafts,-

one for each series of type carriers, said type carriers being secured to their shafts, and setting means for each series of type carriers, whereby all of the type carriers of any series can be manipulated simultaneously to bring characters thereon into ing position.

' MORRIS J. HOFFMAN.

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